veritable

Who acts: Veritable, he, Babrias · What happens: mean, use, praise, show, not see, conclude · To what, where: real, name, surprise, Irishman, nest, earliest reliable collector

«veritable» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: veritable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Veritable means real, true, and worthy of the name, often used to praise or to show surprise.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Veritable	veritable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 true	punct
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 real	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 worthy	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 worthy	cc
8	worthy	worthy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 name	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 name	det
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worthy	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 used	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	14 used	advmod
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 name	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 praise	mark
16	praise	praise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 used	xcomp
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 show	cc
18	to	to	PART	_	19 show	mark
19	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 praise	conj
20	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 show	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Veritable	real		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent real=Topic
2	use	participle		the name not said here	often property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	praise	to-infinitive				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	show	to-infinitive		surprise		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Example 1

The Irishman had never seen any of this fruit before, and he at once concluded that he had discovered a veritable mare's nest.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Irishman	det
2	Irishman	Irishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 seen	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 seen	advmod
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 before	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fruit	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 fruit	det
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 any	nmod
10	before	before	ADV	_	5 seen	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 concluded	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 concluded	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 concluded	nsubj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 once	case
15	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 concluded	obl
16	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	conj
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 discovered	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 discovered	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 discovered	aux
20	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 concluded	ccomp
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 mare	det
22	veritable	veritable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 mare	amod
23	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 nest	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 mare	case
25	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 discovered	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not see	past · perfect · passive		the Irishman	before property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	conclude	past	he			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	discover	past · perfect	he	a veritable mare's nest		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Topic

Example 2

Thus Babrias is the earliest and most reliable collector of veritable Æsopian Fables.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thus	thus	ADV	_	9 collector	advmod
2	Babrias	Babrias	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 collector	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 collector	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 collector	det
5	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 collector	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 collector	cc
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 reliable	advmod
8	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 collector	amod
9	collector	collector	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Fables	case
11	veritable	veritable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Fables	amod
12	Æsopian	Æsopian	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Fables	compound
13	Fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 collector	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 collector	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Babrias	the earliest reliable collector				of veritable Æsopian Fables; thus property	tree rules

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